18 дек. 2016 г. · The answer in the teacher's books is: didn't deserve to be. I like the answer but then I though, why not using a gerund?

9 окт. 2009 г. · "Deserve" is followed by "to do" or a noun. "Deserve doing something" is wrong. "Deserve doing" means "deserve to be done".

19 авг. 2013 г. · The correct answer is 'deserves to receive', but in the dictionary I see it states that 'deserves' can go with infinitive and gerund.

4 июл. 2019 г. · Hello mates! I was wondering if there is a rule as regards certain verbs such as worth/deserve ext. when it comes to using the passive form.

13 июн. 2015 г. · "He deserves punishing" sounds ok to me. "He deserves to be punished" sounds fine (certainly better than the above). "He deserves being punished" sounds wrong.

8 апр. 2008 г. · I was just wondering why in some occasions, in some passages there's 'to' preceding a gerund. for instance: he had admitted to deserving the ...

24 февр. 2021 г. · "Deservingly" - in a manner that currently is deserving something vs. Deservedly - in a manner that has been deserved by someone/something.

4 июн. 2013 г. · Need + verb + -ing is a possible combination, but it has a different meaning. You need to clean the windows = The windows need cleaning.

20 дек. 2016 г. · As is well known, two small groups of verbs, i.e., a) need, require, lack and want, on the one hand, and b) deserve (plus, presumably, synonyms ...

19 янв. 2009 г. · "Nothing deserves" and "Nothing's worth" are not complete sentences and, therefore, are not correct. In fact, they are so incomplete that they mean nothing.